"I would say that when I write prose I'm a more socially responsible person. I'm much more a citizen of the world. But the instability of the poetry, the emotional jaggedness, is also me."

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Source : "You Are Vijay Seshadri". Interview with Laura Standley, logger.believermag.com. June 10, 2014.

Vijay Seshadri

#Writing Quotes #Emotional Quotes #Citizens Quotes

“There is one thing more serious than merely to not believe, and that is to not care.”
“There is an unlucky tendency ... to allow every new invention to add to life's complications, and every new power to increase life's hustling; so that, unless we can dominate the mischief, we are really the worse off instead of the better.”

Source : Vernon Lee (1904). “Hortus vitae : essays on the garden of life”
“There are only four people who knew what the Beatles were about anyway.”
“The State has but one face for me: that of the police. To my eyes, all of the State's ministries have this single face, and I cannot imagine the ministry of culture other than as the police of culture, with its prefect and commissioners.”
“I don't have any secret sauce and I'm no smarter than anyone else. I will say I have surrounded myself with unbelievable talent that has made my job easier.”
“As for developing a writing style'I would say that I tried to copy the pacing of the old movies I loved as a kid.”
“I had heard about how people struggle and how hard it is to get into acting. But I did not care because it's something I love.”
“Objectivity? I've always had an objective.”

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